as in canceled
to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)
their film deal had been abruptly cried off, and now the filmmakers were back to square one
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At least one Halloween parade was canceled.—
NPR,
NPR,
3 Nov. 2025 -
Benson Boone canceled his show at the Utilita Arena Birmingham in England an hour before his concert due to vocal issues and illness.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
2 Nov. 2025
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Charlie had been abandoned and then rescued and fostered by a man in Jacksonville.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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Fianna Fail’s pick, former Gaelic football coach Jim Gavin, abandoned his bid due to a financial scandal.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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Germany scrapped incentives to boost purchases of fully electric vehicles about two years ago, a policy change that led to a sharp drop in demand for fully electric vehicles, initially.—
Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
5 Nov. 2025
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Shifts in the sequel’s production timeline meant that some plots and characters had to be scrapped, so they could instead be potentially explored in the third film.—
Yasmeen Hamadeh,
PEOPLE,
5 Nov. 2025
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Dreamers became eligible for coverage during the 2025 open enrollment, but it was revoked in August after the rule change.—
Berkeley Lovelace Jr,
NBC news,
31 Oct. 2025
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On Tuesday, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy revoked approval for 13 flight routes operated by Mexican airlines between the two countries for violating their bilateral aviation agreement signed in 2015.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
30 Oct. 2025
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Apparently, the plan was aborted after several FBI supervisors refused to cooperate, viewing it as inappropriate.—
The Conversation,
The Conversation,
8 Oct. 2025
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One of the most serious close calls was in March at Chicago's Midway International Airport, where a Southwest Airlines jet aborted landing and performed a go-around after a business jet entered the runway without authorization.—
Ayesha Ali,
ABC News,
29 Sep. 2025
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Jake Paul's fight against WBA lightweight champion Gervonta Davis was called off after the latter once again found himself in legal trouble.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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Except the goal was called off, the game went into a shootout and Lucas Raymond scored in the shootout period to win the game 4-3 for Detroit.—
Christian Romo,
Freep.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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When Massachusetts voters repealed rent control in 1994, property values in Cambridge rose 45%—not only for the deregulated apartments, but for entire neighborhoods.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2025
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Democrats also tried to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine, a Federal Communications Commission policy that had required broadcasters to cover various perspectives on controversial political issues before it was repealed earlier that year.—
Chantelle Lee,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Cried off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cried%20off. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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